Re: Oracle8i for Linux: Anyone recieved their CD yet?

From: Don Macpherson <nearly_donmac_at_almost_erols.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:40:50 -0400
Message-ID: <7fiame$jb6$1@autumn.news.rcn.net>

Steve Bowen wrote in message ...
>In article <7fg0sh$gck$2_at_pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca>, kslee_at_gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
>says...
>
>> How do I obtain this?
>> Would I have to pay for it? Or is this a trial version?
>
>I downloaded a trial version from the Oracle site.
>
>Once I decided to go with Oracle on Linux instead of my previously
>planned SQL Server on NT I spoke with our corporate Oracle Rep. We were
>able to get full credit for what we had already spent on SQL Server 7
>towards the purchase of Oracle. I believe Oracle calls this their "Safe
>Switch Program".

How much more expensive was Oracle? (20%, 50, 100%, ?) Your post seems to suggest that the refund on SQL Server only covered part of the cost of the Oracle solution.

Don Macpherson Received on Tue Apr 20 1999 - 11:40:50 CDT